I run a pihole on my network for exactly this reason. The amount of network traffic the TV attempts, even when on standby or watching over-the-air broadcast is astonishing.
The LOX tank cameras are amazing. The quality isn't great but recording video from inside a cryogenic pressure vessel through fiber optics and strobes (shutterless) to the film frame rate using 1960s tech blows me away.
Does it strike anyone else as being odd that Apple is noting this in their “Newsroom” press release? Don’t get me wrong, great for Shazam and all … but why is Apple - the company that bought them just 4 years ago - is making a todo about it?
I don't understand why you're so confused. Shazam is now part of Apple, they are not going to do a press release as "Shazam". The "Shazam" entity does not exist.
I think it's great. Too often, when a larger company acquires a smaller one, they try to erase all history and culture of the smaller company. Obviously, there is still a self-congratulatory tone to this press release, but I think it's nice that they're recognizing Shazam's past.
Google doesn't celebrate the history of Writely or Android-pre-Google that much and Microsoft don't promote the history of Excel-pre-Microsoft that much either.
> As a controller I would be in charge of the whole show, moving the aircraft around like a giant ballet in the sky as I turned the target on its target run and controlled the interceptors to use various tactics on their attacks. And doing this with a SAGE radar scope was really a high-tech operation for the time. My display was computer generated and the interceptor pilots would slave their aircraft autopilots to follow whatever instructions I put into my computer display.
My inputs into the scope would go to the computer and the computer would broadcast those inputs to the autopilots of the interceptors, and the interceptors would then follow those commands. In essence I would be flying the airplanes using my radar scope while the pilots focused on looking at their onboard radar systems to find their targets and simulate shooting them down.
I first learned of Eric when he made a surprise appearance on CuriousMarcs YouTube channel. He’s a smart guy and I stared following him on Twitter(TubeTimeUS), for his deep dives of retro computing. No doubt this book will be awesome!
Having worked with CW products before, I imagine this will be in the $500-$1k+ price range and won’t satisfy many aerospace needs/constrains.
There’s plenty of “oh we’re not using a raspberry pi, that’s a kids toy” in the industry, so I’m finding it difficult to find the niche this product satisfies, when there are plenty of more powerful/established options.
As someone deeply interested in this subject, would you mind pointing out what options there are for products that would fit this criteria of being a SBC made with aerospace constrain in mind?
I suppose this is one of the many reasons why I’m on my third Saab (only have bought used Saabs). It’s easy for me since I’m able to repair pretty much anything myself, but I realize it won’t last forever.
I’m worried when the time comes for the next car, I’m not sure what it’ll be…
